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1984.12_Wheel and Shadow (015.1984), Newsletter

by: Kazuko

Publication date: 1984-12-04

Topics: Wheel, Motion, East and West, Technology, Painting, Life Cycle, Clouds, Metaphor, Time and Space

Collection: sfaanewsletters; sfaaarchive; americana

Language: English

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SATURDAY DECEMBER 8, 1984 – SUNDAY JANUARY 6, 1985

Japanese-born sculptor Kazuko identified the wheel as an object of motion that bridges Eastern spiritualism and Western technology. For his exhibition at Storefront, Kazuko installed two 8-foot tall cardboard carriage wheels. Behind the wheel' spokes were wall paintings of a baby carriage, bicycles, and women with parasols. They together evoke the various stages of human development. In one corner were suspended scarves to evoke clouds. The wheels are a metaphor for a cyclical movement through time and space.